“Shubhanshu Shukla makes history as first Bharatiya Astronaut on International Space Station”, Swarajyamag, June 26, 2025:
“Bharatiya astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has made history as the first Bharatiya astronaut on board the International Space Station (ISS) today (26 June).
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Shukla and his international crewmates docked autonomously with the ISS’s Harmony module at around 4.00 pm IST on 26 June, following its flawless launch on 25 June from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center aboard a Falcon-9 rocket, according to Axiom’s website.
Shukla, the mission’s designated pilot, is part of the Axiom-4 crew that includes Commander Peggy Whitson (USA) and mission specialists Sławosz Uznański‑Wiśniewski (Poland) and Tibor Kapu (Hungary)…….”
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